The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Canada Needs To Settle On A Safe Standard Dose For Cannabis Edibles
March 20, 2019 | HuffPost Canada
Cannabis edibles and extracts have long been part of the unregulated market and, as promised, they will join flower and low-dose oils as part of the legal, regulated market in the next year. Health Canada is currently considering how to address public health and safety concerns around these produc...
Law-enforcement seizures reveal fentanyl’s creep into heroin and now cocaine
March 19, 2019 | Georgia Straight
On March 19, Vancouver Coastal Health used its drug-contamination-alerts system to issue a rare warning about cocaine. “Powder cocaine tested at Insite found to contain cocaine and fentanyl,” the text message reads. “Sold in East Van as white powder with brown chunks.” According to feder...
Physicians to try six-month implant treatment to treat addiction to opioids
March 03, 2019 | National Post
VANCOUVER — Canadians addicted to opioids may be eligible for an implant that provides an ongoing low dose of medication for six months, with the potential for treatment for up to a year when a new implant is placed in the opposite arm. The procedure involves trained physicians inserting match-sti...
Drs. Evan Wood and Keith Ahamad: Regulating heroin would improve public health and safety
March 01, 2019 | Vancouver Sun
In a report released last week, the B.C. Centre on Substance Use is proposing a more effective approach to public health and safety for all British Columbians: Regulating and controlling the heroin market. As recent investigations have revealed, the tremendous profits afforded to organized crime gro...
Vancouver stimulant users worry authorities’ focus on fentanyl is leaving them behind
February 26, 2019 | Georgia Straight
B.C.’s overdose crisis has accelerated public debates around an end to the war on drugs. With the province suffering more than 1,400 fatal overdoses each year, policymakers are increasingly open to initiatives that were once dismissed as radical. Last week (February 21), for example, the B.C. Ce...
